The Mosman Photography Awards 2021
Terms + Conditions
Eligibility
1. The Mosman Photography Awards is open to
amateur and professional photographers.
The Open category in the Open Section,
has no age or experience restriction, and
is the only Category available to professional
photographers to submit an image to the
Awards competition. The set subject for
an image in this category is “Mosman”
For the purposes of this competition, an amateur
photographer is defined as someone who has earned
less than $5,000 from photography sales, commissions
and prize money over the 12 months prior to entering
this competition.
2. The Mosman Photography Awards is open to
citizens and residents of Australia and New Zealand.
In order to receive a prize, winners must supply an
Australian or New Zealand residential mailing address.
For the purposes of this competition, a resident
is defined as a person who has lived in Australia or
New Zealand for at least 6 months prior to entering
this competition.
3. Youth Award Categories of
The Mosman Photography Awards, are open to
students who are resident of Australia and
New Zealand. For the purpose of this competition,
a student is defined as a person 18 years or younger
at the time of entering this competition, enrolled at
a School or Place of Education. Entrants to the youth
award categories are also eligible to enter the
open category awards.
4. An entrant may enter more than one eligible category.
Multiple entries within a category are available.
5. Members of the organising committee of the
Mosman Camera Club or
The Mosman Photography Awards,
are not permitted to enter the competition.
Image Requirements
6. There is no time limit for when images
were captured, or elements created.
Maximum image dimensions are :
Width 1920 Pixels
Height 1200 Pixels
with a maximum file size of 2Mb.
7. If a digital image is shortlisted for an award, the
photographer will be contacted by the organising
committee and asked to submit a RAW or
unedited file to confirm authorship.
If the photographer is unwilling or unable
to supply a RAW or unedited file, the image
will be deemed ineligible for an award.
8. In the Film Photography Category,
images are to be scanned and submitted
digitally to the competition. If a film image
is shortlisted for an award, the photographer
will be contacted by the organising committee
and asked to submit a contact scan of the
original negative to confirm authorship,
along with a 40cm x 30cm prints for final judging.
If the photographer is unwilling or unable to supply
a scan of the original negative, or prints for review,
then the images will be deemed ineligible for an award.
9. For Categories requiring a portfolio, entrants
must submit a portfolio of three (3) images
relevant to the category. Entries with
more than or less than three images
will not be considered for an award.
The Analog Film, Art and
Landscape @ Mosman categories
are the Portfolio Categories
10. Images must be free of watermarks and text.
Images with watermarks or text will not be considered.
11. All elements within a photograph must have been
photographed by the entrant. Submitted images
must be 100% photographic in origin, including textures,
backgrounds, skies, borders or the like. The use of
stock images or clip art is not permitted.
Images not complying with requirements
will be deemed ineligible for an award.
12. Digital images submitted in the Youth Categories
may be captured using a camera or a smartphone.
13. Images that can be readily identified as composite
or heavily edited images entered in the Open Categories,
should be submitted in the Art Category. The organising
committee reserves the right to move an image to an
alternate category if an image is deemed to not satisfy
the category requirements.
14. Images of nudes, violence or drug taking are not eligible.
Entrants are reminded that all images may be viewed by
the general public and should be censored accordingly.
The organising committee reserves the right to exclude
an image they deem inappropriate for public display.
COPYRIGHT
15. Entrants retain copyright of their images.
By entering the competition, entrants provide
Mosman Photography Awards, Mosman Camera Club
and media partners for the Mosman Photography Awards
a limited use authorisation to publish entered photos
for the purpose of promoting and recording
The Mosman Photography Awards.
Images will be credited with the name of the photographer
when used in any publicity or publication associated with
the competition.
16. The entrant must be the creator and copyright owner
of any images entered into the competition.
17. All post production, editing and processing
must be the work of the entrant.
18. The entrant is responsible for obtaining relevant
model and / or property releases.
CATEGORIES
19. YOUTH
a. Animals
b. Places
c. Smartphones @ Mosman
20. OPEN
a. Open
b. Monochrome @ Mosman
c. Animals and Birds
d. Smartphones @ Mosman
e. Analogue Film (Portfolio)
f. Art (Portfolio)
g. Landscape @ Mosman (Portfolio)
22. Composite images may be submitted
in the Categories 19(c), 20(a) 20(d) 20(f) and 20(g).
23. Images submitted in the Youth Category Places and
Smartphone @ Mosman must be captured
within the Mosman Local Government Area.
Images submitted in the Open Categories
Smartphone @ Mosman and
Landscape @ Mosman must be captured
within the Mosman Local Government Area.
Images submitted in the Analog Film
and Art Categories are NOT required
to have been captured within
the Mosman Local Government Area.
24. The Youth Category Animals includes birds
and reptiles. The subject can be photographed
in the wild or in captivity.
The subject of images submitted in the
Open Category Animals + Birds may be captured
in the wild or captivity. The Category excludes
domestic animals such as dogs, cats and
trained horses.
Images submitted may contain
the following techniques :
a. Cropping
b. Dust Spot Removal
c. Stitched panorama
d. Focus Stacking
e. Exposure Blending
f. Adjustment of noise, sharpness, colour tone and contrast
g. Dodging and burning
h. Black and White conversions
i. Digital Lens Corrections
25. For the purposes of this competition the
Landscape Category includes Natural, Urban,
and Seascape. Aerial images may also be
entered in this category.
26. Aerial images submitted into the Open Landscape
Categories, may be taken from within a fixed wing aircraft,
helicopter or by using a drone.
The author of an image submitted to the competition
that was captured using a drone, warrants to the
Organising Committee that all CASA regulations
were complied with during the flight of the drone
when the image was captured. Images that do not
comply with this requirement will be deemed ineligible.
27. Images entered in the Monochrome @ Mosman
category, must be single capture, and of observed events.
Minor tone, noise and sharpness changes are permitted
if these changes do not fundamentally alter the
narrative of the image.
JUDGING
28. Entries will be shortlisted by the judges.
29. The judges will assess the shortlisted entries
and determine the top 5 entries in each category.
The entrants of the top 5 entries in each category will be
contacted by email and requested to submit data to confirm
authorship of the submitted image and compliance with
any category requirements. Should the entrant be unwilling
or unable to confirm compliance and/or authorship,
a replacement top 5 entry will be selected and confirmed.
The winner of each category will be selected from the
top 5 compliant entries selected by the judges.
30. The decisions of the Judges and The Mosman Photography
Awards committee are final and no further correspondence
will be entered into.
AWARD ANNOUNCEMENT
31. The top 10 entries in each category will be
contacted by email and advised of their shortlisting.
32. The top 10 shortlisted entries in each category
shall be displayed on The Mosman Photography Awards
website, Instagram and Facebook pages prior to
the Award winner being announced.
33. A Peoples Choice competition will be run
on Social Media, with the top 10 shortlisted images
in each Category.
AWARD PRIZES
34. Prizes for the winning entry in each category
are subject to availability, and are not transferable
or exchangeable, and cannot be taken as cash.
If a prize is unavailable, the competition organisers
reserve the right to substitute the prize with a prize
of a similar value and / or specification.
35. The competition organisers take no responsibility
for prizes damaged or lost in transit.
PORTFOLIO REVIEWS
36. Entrants who would like feedback on their work,
may obtain a written Submission Review from one
of the judges, by paying an additional fee
over and above the entry fee, as shown on the entry form.
The Submission Review will provide critical and
constructive feedback, and is aimed at helping
the entrant in assessing their images for
submission in future photo competitions.
GENERAL
37. The competition closes 12pm on Sunday 1st August, 2021
No responsibility is accepted for late, lost, delayed
or misdirected entries.
38. Entry fees are non-refundable.
39. The entrant indemnifies The Mosman Photography Awards,
Mosman Camera Club and media partners against any claim,
legal or otherwise, that may arise out of the publication
of their images.
40. The Mosman Photography Awards committee reserves
the right to disqualify any entry deemed to be in breach
of the Terms and Conditions of thecompetition.
41. By entering The Mosman Photography Awards,
the entrant guarantees to the organising committee
that all the Terms and Conditions of the competition
have been met. Any entry found to breach the Terms
and Conditions of the competition will be disqualified
and if prizes have been awarded, all prizes are to be
returned to the organising committee
of The Mosman Photography Awards.
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